The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-15

the organization of the Anderson con-
yentiOn; tie character Of the fight We
are now waging2 That there is indeed
TO use the language Of Capt. AS. Bro
~more involved in this contest than the
mere election of sheriff 2 That it ia
struggle involving the autonomy of the
Democratic party of Issaquena? Can
they be so blinded by the glamour Of
namel When looking back upon the
recent past we behold the Chairman Of
our Democratic Executive Committee
running against our chosen standard
bearer Hon. ID. &. Casey; and a so call
ed Democratic meeting passing reso-
luton such as this, and then read this
letter reprObsting the conduct ofthose
tried and true Democrats who by their
patriotic prompt and vigorous action
saved the good name of our party !;
their convention, to which we are per-
haps indebted for the fact that our Dis
trict is now represented in Congress
by that distinguished Democrat Hon.
I. G. Catchings and not by an Inde-
pendent democrat as "not only farce
but truly "a fragrant and intolersble
wrong" is it any wonder that we
should not be willing to entrust our
selves to such leadership in the battles
of the futurel
lie "invokes no sympathy, no state
aid Upon what plea could he invoke
il lie might say, +" Democrats OF the
4th congressional district. In 1888
being chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutiye committee of Issaquena county
| ran against Hon. ID. G. Casey the
regular nominee of the Democratic
party for the senate and have the
proud satisfaction Of knowing that by
the aid of the colored vote | carried
the county against him. Again in 1886
| endesvored to defeat the nomination
of Hon. T. G. Catchings. To this end |
tried to prevent any action by our beat
and county conventions, in which l
had strong hopes of succeeding had l
not been baked by the irregular con-
duct of some eight or ten men holding
a convention at night in a barroom al
which there was not present more than
one or two truly representative men Of
either town or county. You must soc
that this was not only farce but truly
fragrant and intolerablc wrong. |
am now, in the interest of my brother
trying to defeat the choice of major
ity of the Democratic party of lssa-
quena in the person of J. r. Kershaw,
and having failed in imposing on the
simple minded Democrats of the
county the palpable fact that IL is
quorum Of thirty, and thatconsoquent-
| ly my brother who was nominated by
a convention organized by ~ out Of
thirty of the accredited delegates II
the regular nominee. And having re
jected overtures looking to decision
of the question by the Democrac,
alone we are now relying on the Re
publican vote to accomplish our objec
For all these reasons we earnestly in
woke your sympathy and aid.' Can
/ you wonder that they do not ask sym
pathy from the Democratic party o
the State. WEDol we think we are en-
titled to 1t. The battle we are fightinl
Is one in which not WE alone but al
. Democrats are interested; the conse
quences Of victory or defeat far reach
ing beyond what we can calculate. w,
want their words Of cheer, We wan
their kind encouragement. But If W,
/. are not to have it, if we are to stan,
. or fall alone and unaided, then we vii
, trust us in our single might assur
ed that as our hearts are pure ant
our spirits right. We shall win tn
Warlock fight,
Very respectfully yours.
w. i. HICKS.